In my program, the user can create a non-modal form (Is that the right
phrase?  I mean form.Show, not form.ShowDialog).  This is important,
because the user must go back and forth between the main and non-modal
window.

Is there a control I can use where user can enter server name and then
discover the server, something like folderbrowser? folderbrowser
doesn't allow user to explore the network. I want user to explore or
enter the server name and discover the network.

I have created a Windows Service with C# in VS2008.  I created the file
processing code first in a Windows Forms application that reads a flat file
on a network share.  I am able to access the directory on the network and
access the files from the Windows Forms application.  When ...

I got an object to serialize into an xml file. Now, instead of putting it
into an xml file, I need it to go to and from an xml database column. How do
you do this?

I have a complex object that is made up of 17 other objects and 2 dynamic
dictionary collections. Would it be safe to say that I should possible make
some sort of ObjectBuilder method in the main/root object to help contain
the creation code? Or should it be broken up into ...

I have a Janus GridEX third party control.  I need to add some custom
properties of my own to it.  I tried building a User Control and dragged a
GridEX onto the designer surface, but the GridEx has many custom properties
and designers and obviously my control only show the base ...

COME ON MICROSOFT - CLEAN THIS NEWSGROUP - IT'S BECOMING UNUSABLE !!!!!!!

Hello, Newsgroupians:
I have a question that is troubling me.  I have a COM / OLE component that I
am adding to my C# project.  In creating a wrapper class for the component, I
have declared the class as static as well as every member and function in the

Here's an homemade Attribut class :
public class Attribut
{
 string m_sName;

I've just recently added support for IChangeTracking to my business
objects and came up against a bit of a snag.  I have many List<T> fields
in my objects that are exposed as properties.  My application can get a
reference to the lists and do just about anything with them.... all ...

I am developing a .net 3.0 win forms(C#) application using vs2008. I
am also using 3rd party controls which are installed in the the GAC.
After i publish the application on the different computer, the
installer says that i need the 3rd party control installed in the GAC.

There seems to be an issue (as demonstrated by the code below), where each
of the following is true:
1.  A WPF Window is set up with AllowsTransparency="True",
WindowStyle="None", and the Topmost is bound to a menu item.

I have a need to display an icon that is associated with specific types of
objects I'm displaying in my UI.  For example, "Sales Order", "Invoice",
etc - each of these would have a specific icon.
I have an enum that I use to identify these different document types and a

  Is .NET Framework 3.5 redistributable available? If, not what is expected
timeframe for it?

Friends:
I'm an ex-VB programmer with a new job in an all C# shop.  No problems
the past few months thinking/converting between the two, but I just
ran into a problem translating some working VB code from C#: